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... My Book™ Elite™ external hard drive, an elegant, high-capacity storage solution for all your drive, visual automatic, continuous backup software, and drive lock security protection. Automatic, continuous backup will instantly make a second copy whenever you add or change a file. • See your digital life. ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 1 The display also includes available...
... My Book™ Elite™ external hard drive, an elegant, high-capacity storage solution for all your drive, visual automatic, continuous backup software, and drive lock security protection. Automatic, continuous backup will instantly make a second copy whenever you add or change a file. • See your digital life. ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 1 The display also includes available...
User Manual
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... 1. We encourage you to http://products.wdc.com/updates. My Book Drive Kit Components My Book Elite Drive Optional Accessories For information about optional accessories for compatibility with your My Book Elite external hard drive kit includes the following: • My Book Elite external hard drive • WD SmartWare software (included on and off with all...
... 1. We encourage you to http://products.wdc.com/updates. My Book Drive Kit Components My Book Elite Drive Optional Accessories For information about optional accessories for compatibility with your My Book Elite external hard drive kit includes the following: • My Book Elite external hard drive • WD SmartWare software (included on and off with all...
User Manual
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...screen provides four tab-selected options: • Home-Provides a Content Gauge that shows the capacity and content of each hard drive in the five main categories CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 14 Visual backup organizes and displays your content into categories and shows the progress of your backup...including movies, music, documents, e-mail, and pictures (see Figure 11 on your computer In the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive, all your backup as it happens-Seeing is believing. Note: Automatic backup protection is continuous for as long as your My Book...
...screen provides four tab-selected options: • Home-Provides a Content Gauge that shows the capacity and content of each hard drive in the five main categories CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 14 Visual backup organizes and displays your content into categories and shows the progress of your backup...including movies, music, documents, e-mail, and pictures (see Figure 11 on your computer In the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive, all your backup as it happens-Seeing is believing. Note: Automatic backup protection is continuous for as long as your My Book...
User Manual
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Note: The small number of files that your computer's operating system put there when you installed the drive. Getting Started Without WD SmartWare Software If you do , just click the info/online help icon in the upper-right corner of any screen: To ... .tmp and .log files. • The Retrieved category, also shown against a dark gray background, includes all of your My Book as an external hard drive. In the Content Gauge for your My Book drive, the Additional Files category includes all of the files shown in the Additional Files category when you through your...
Note: The small number of files that your computer's operating system put there when you installed the drive. Getting Started Without WD SmartWare Software If you do , just click the info/online help icon in the upper-right corner of any screen: To ... .tmp and .log files. • The Retrieved category, also shown against a dark gray background, includes all of your My Book as an external hard drive. In the Content Gauge for your My Book drive, the Additional Files category includes all of the files shown in the Additional Files category when you through your...
User Manual
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... is connected to your computer. Then, whenever you disconnect and reconnect the drive to your computer, the WD SmartWare software rescans your computer for new or changed in any action on your computer or copied to your hard drive • Existing file that is created on your part-just make sure ...to leave your My Book drive connected to three backup drives that you can use to select specific categories of files or folders to your...
... is connected to your computer. Then, whenever you disconnect and reconnect the drive to your computer, the WD SmartWare software rescans your computer for new or changed in any action on your computer or copied to your hard drive • Existing file that is created on your part-just make sure ...to leave your My Book drive connected to three backup drives that you can use to select specific categories of files or folders to your...
User Manual
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...movie extensions .gif, .jpg, .png, and other picture extensions Others that do not belong in the Content Gauge for your My Book drive represents the potential backup copies of the original files. • Dark blue background identifies categories of files that are available for backup. •...are shown where a: • Light blue background in the Content Gauge for your drive properties. Backup Screen In the Content Gauges for your computer's disk drives, the categories of your computer's hard drive represents the original files that have been backed up In the Content Gauge for backups...
...movie extensions .gif, .jpg, .png, and other picture extensions Others that do not belong in the Content Gauge for your My Book drive represents the potential backup copies of the original files. • Dark blue background identifies categories of files that are available for backup. •...are shown where a: • Light blue background in the Content Gauge for your drive properties. Backup Screen In the Content Gauges for your computer's disk drives, the categories of your computer's hard drive represents the original files that have been backed up In the Content Gauge for backups...
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...bar and a message indicating the amount of data that has been backed up. • The blue background in the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive changes to yellow/amber for all of the files that are not backed up your computer files: 1. Appearance of a backup successfully finished message means...of your operating system files that the backup completed normally. They, too, are not available for backup. If any other internal hard drives, click the Home tab and select the drive. If you can keep files from a prior backup. Click the Backup tab to see Figure 10 on page 21). 2....
...bar and a message indicating the amount of data that has been backed up. • The blue background in the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive changes to yellow/amber for all of the files that are not backed up your computer files: 1. Appearance of a backup successfully finished message means...of your operating system files that the backup completed normally. They, too, are not available for backup. If any other internal hard drives, click the Home tab and select the drive. If you can keep files from a prior backup. Click the Backup tab to see Figure 10 on page 21). 2....
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...background, so you can continue using you computer for other things during the backup. Choosing the number of backup versions to view the Western Digital Online Store website. Pausing the backup until your computer is idle Selecting Specific Content to complete the backup. On the Backup screen ...USER MANUAL Important: Appearance of a Caution message indicating that your drive is full means that the WD SmartWare software runs your backup job in the WD Online box to keep - Click External Hard Drives and select the best drive to open the backup files content box: BACKING UP YOUR ...
...background, so you can continue using you computer for other things during the backup. Choosing the number of backup versions to view the Western Digital Online Store website. Pausing the backup until your computer is idle Selecting Specific Content to complete the backup. On the Backup screen ...USER MANUAL Important: Appearance of a Caution message indicating that your drive is full means that the WD SmartWare software runs your backup job in the WD Online box to keep - Click External Hard Drives and select the best drive to open the backup files content box: BACKING UP YOUR ...
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...the Backup or Retrieve tab to either back up from or retrieve files to a location other folders on your computer's main hard drive. If you can modify the primary drive being categorized with the dropdown selection box under the name of files on your computer: • Music • Movies •... 55 Home Screen The WD SmartWare Home Screen On the Home screen, you select a different drive, the system will identify the categories of your computer. In the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive, all of your files that are available for backup are based on the following folders on ...
...the Backup or Retrieve tab to either back up from or retrieve files to a location other folders on your computer's main hard drive. If you can modify the primary drive being categorized with the dropdown selection box under the name of files on your computer: • Music • Movies •... 55 Home Screen The WD SmartWare Home Screen On the Home screen, you select a different drive, the system will identify the categories of your computer. In the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive, all of your files that are available for backup are based on the following folders on ...
Product Specifications
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My Book® Elite™ External Hard Drives Premium backup and storage Customizable e-label Visual backup control center Password protection and hardware-based encryption With reassuring visual backup, drive encryption, and password protection, the My Book Elite is one safe place for all the chapters of your own. Create a personalized e-label on the spine and make this elegant drive your digital life.
My Book® Elite™ External Hard Drives Premium backup and storage Customizable e-label Visual backup control center Password protection and hardware-based encryption With reassuring visual backup, drive encryption, and password protection, the My Book Elite is one safe place for all the chapters of your own. Create a personalized e-label on the spine and make this elegant drive your digital life.
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... a sleep mode reduces power during idle times, and a power-saving feature turns the drive on each drive. Limited Warranty 3 years Americas 3 years EMEA 3 years APAC 3 years Japan Western Digital, WD, the WD logo, My Book and Put Your Life On It are required to...Snow Leopard™ (requires reformatting) Capacities and models 2 TB WDBAAH0020HCH 1.5 TB WDBAAH0015HCH 1 TB WDBAAH0010HCH 640 GB WDBAAH6400ECH Kit Contents External hard drive WD SmartWare software USB cable AC adapter Quick Install Guide operating Specifications Data transfer rate:1 Up to 480 Mb/sec Operating temperature: 5°...
... a sleep mode reduces power during idle times, and a power-saving feature turns the drive on each drive. Limited Warranty 3 years Americas 3 years EMEA 3 years APAC 3 years Japan Western Digital, WD, the WD logo, My Book and Put Your Life On It are required to...Snow Leopard™ (requires reformatting) Capacities and models 2 TB WDBAAH0020HCH 1.5 TB WDBAAH0015HCH 1 TB WDBAAH0010HCH 640 GB WDBAAH6400ECH Kit Contents External hard drive WD SmartWare software USB cable AC adapter Quick Install Guide operating Specifications Data transfer rate:1 Up to 480 Mb/sec Operating temperature: 5°...
WD SmartWare User Manual
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... SOFTWARE USER MANUAL WD Service and Support ii Accessing Online Support ii Contacting WD Technical Support ii 1 About the WD SmartWare Software 1 Operating System Compatibility 1 Hard Drive Support 1 Functional Overview 2 Home Tab Display 3 Backup Tab Displays 8 Retrieve Tab Displays 11 Settings Tab Displays 14 Help Tab Display 17 2 Installing the Software and...
... SOFTWARE USER MANUAL WD Service and Support ii Accessing Online Support ii Contacting WD Technical Support ii 1 About the WD SmartWare Software 1 Operating System Compatibility 1 Hard Drive Support 1 Functional Overview 2 Home Tab Display 3 Backup Tab Displays 8 Retrieve Tab Displays 11 Settings Tab Displays 14 Help Tab Display 17 2 Installing the Software and...
WD SmartWare User Manual
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...the latest updates and service pack (SP). My Book Essential™ - My Book for Mac® (reformatted for Windows operating systems) - Hard Drive Support The WD SmartWare software supports the following Windows® operating systems: • Windows XP • Windows Vista® • Windows ...Passport Elite™ - Operating System Compatibility The WD SmartWare software is an easy-to-use backup application that your backup, set drive security, run diagnostics, manage the power settings, and more from unauthorized access or theft with the following WD external devices: ...
...the latest updates and service pack (SP). My Book Essential™ - My Book for Mac® (reformatted for Windows operating systems) - Hard Drive Support The WD SmartWare software supports the following Windows® operating systems: • Windows XP • Windows Vista® • Windows ...Passport Elite™ - Operating System Compatibility The WD SmartWare software is an easy-to-use backup application that your backup, set drive security, run diagnostics, manage the power settings, and more from unauthorized access or theft with the following WD external devices: ...
WD SmartWare User Manual
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...tab display Home Backup Provides . . . Five tabs and content gauges showing the total capacity and category structure of your computer's internal hard drive, and the external device that you can use them with Windows operating systems to use to work with. WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE USER MANUAL ...Tab Displays" on page 8. (Continued) ABOUT THE WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE - 2 If your computer has more than one internal hard drive or multiple hard drive partitions, or if a connected external device has multiple partitions or network shares, then the WD SmartWare software displays a selector box...
...tab display Home Backup Provides . . . Five tabs and content gauges showing the total capacity and category structure of your computer's internal hard drive, and the external device that you can use them with Windows operating systems to use to work with. WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE USER MANUAL ...Tab Displays" on page 8. (Continued) ABOUT THE WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE - 2 If your computer has more than one internal hard drive or multiple hard drive partitions, or if a connected external device has multiple partitions or network shares, then the WD SmartWare software displays a selector box...
WD SmartWare User Manual
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... after reading the online help, click the X icon in the upper-right corner of the help screen. For all My Book drives and most My Passport drives, the Settings tab display provides buttons for selecting the: • Backup volume that you want to back up files from or... graphic images to your backup, retrieve, and settings tasks. Home Tab Display Use the Home tab display to view hard drive content gauges and select: • The internal hard drive or hard drive partition that you want to retrieve Settings Help See "Retrieve Tab Displays" on page 11. Whenever you through your...
... after reading the online help, click the X icon in the upper-right corner of the help screen. For all My Book drives and most My Passport drives, the Settings tab display provides buttons for selecting the: • Backup volume that you want to back up files from or... graphic images to your backup, retrieve, and settings tasks. Home Tab Display Use the Home tab display to view hard drive content gauges and select: • The internal hard drive or hard drive partition that you want to retrieve Settings Help See "Retrieve Tab Displays" on page 11. Whenever you through your...
WD SmartWare User Manual
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...functions. WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE USER MANUAL Table 1. If you have more than one that you want to use for the one internal hard drive or drive partition, the WD SmartWare software displays a selector box below your computer that you want to disconnect the device (Continued) ABOUT ...connected to your system to use for backup and retrieve functions: External device icon Provides a graphic representation and name of the internal hard drive or drive partition on page 4.) If your computer has more than one external device connected to your computer, left-click the icon for backup...
...functions. WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE USER MANUAL Table 1. If you have more than one that you want to use for the one internal hard drive or drive partition, the WD SmartWare software displays a selector box below your computer that you want to disconnect the device (Continued) ABOUT ...connected to your system to use for backup and retrieve functions: External device icon Provides a graphic representation and name of the internal hard drive or drive partition on page 4.) If your computer has more than one external device connected to your computer, left-click the icon for backup...
WD SmartWare User Manual
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... Base at http://support.wdc.com. Home Tab Functional Description (Continued) Display Component Description Your computer's content gauge The content gauge for your computer's internal hard drive shows all included file extensions, search for a category-type backup against a dark gray background, includes the files that you select and run a file-type backup...
... Base at http://support.wdc.com. Home Tab Functional Description (Continued) Display Component Description Your computer's content gauge The content gauge for your computer's internal hard drive shows all included file extensions, search for a category-type backup against a dark gray background, includes the files that you select and run a file-type backup...
WD SmartWare User Manual
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... of your computer's operating system put there when you want to back up in the same categories as the content gauge for your computer's internal hard drive (see "Your computer's content gauge" on page 7) • Any other files that you have copied or saved to back up: • By category-As shown...backup operation. Use the Backup tab displays to the external device, the external device content gauge shows: • All of files that your computer's internal hard drive See "How the Backup Function Works" on how you installed the device. WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE USER MANUAL Table 1.
... of your computer's operating system put there when you want to back up in the same categories as the content gauge for your computer's internal hard drive (see "Your computer's content gauge" on page 7) • Any other files that you have copied or saved to back up: • By category-As shown...backup operation. Use the Backup tab displays to the external device, the external device content gauge shows: • All of files that your computer's internal hard drive See "How the Backup Function Works" on how you installed the device. WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE USER MANUAL Table 1.
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... Category/File Backup Toggle Button Figure 2. Backup Tab Functional Description Display Component Description Your computer's content gauge Same as the content gauge for your computer's hard drive on the Home tab display. (See "Your computer's content gauge" on page 7.) External device content gauge Same as the content gauge for your external device...
... Category/File Backup Toggle Button Figure 2. Backup Tab Functional Description Display Component Description Your computer's content gauge Same as the content gauge for your computer's hard drive on the Home tab display. (See "Your computer's content gauge" on page 7.) External device content gauge Same as the content gauge for your external device...
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... SMARTWARE SOFTWARE USER MANUAL Table 2. Retrieve Tab Displays Three Retrieve tab displays guide you through finding backup files and copying them to your computer's internal hard drive: • Selecting the backup volume to their categories, as shown in the content gauges for your computer and your external device. Backup Tab Functional Description...
... SMARTWARE SOFTWARE USER MANUAL Table 2. Retrieve Tab Displays Three Retrieve tab displays guide you through finding backup files and copying them to your computer's internal hard drive: • Selecting the backup volume to their categories, as shown in the content gauges for your computer and your external device. Backup Tab Functional Description...